High-power longitudinally end-diode-pumped Nd:YLF regenerative amplifier
- Intelligent Surgical Lasers, Inc., 4520 Executive Drive, San Diego, California 92121 (United States)
We describe a high-power compact diode-pumped Nd:YLF regenerative amplifier. The pumping source is a 15-W diode-laser array that is focused into the laser crystal with a longitudinal end-pumping arrangement based on an array of cylindrical microlenses. Seeded with 15-ps pulses from a diode-pumped and mode-locked Nd:YLF oscillator, the regenerative amplifier produces pulses of 0.5-mJ energy at a 1-kHz repetition rate. A pulse energy as high as 0.75 mJ is achieved at a 500-Hz repetition rate and below.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 165068
- Journal Information:
- Optics Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jan 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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